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Thursday Polar Vortex Update
Dec. 15th, 2016 09:43 amAnother polar vortex has settled over Chicago. (Funny, I don't remember those from my childhood. Back then, it was just cold.) Yesterday was consumed by locusts and today I have a meeting of uncertain duration in the afternoon. Well, I could be outside trying to dig a ditch, so I'll stop complaining.
In other news, my book The Mars Run is getting some well-deserved press.
Lastly, a political thought from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo. He analyzes the Election That Was and has some good thoughts. Key point: The final tally puts Trump ahead by .8%, or 22,748 votes. That's a tiny margin. Any number of things could have shifted the balance. Spending the final week of the campaign talking about a new investigation of Clinton's emails was more than enough to tip the balance. But now look at the shift from 2012. The shift in the direction of the GOP was 7.7%. That is a huge shift over four years.
In other news, my book The Mars Run is getting some well-deserved press.
Lastly, a political thought from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo. He analyzes the Election That Was and has some good thoughts. Key point: The final tally puts Trump ahead by .8%, or 22,748 votes. That's a tiny margin. Any number of things could have shifted the balance. Spending the final week of the campaign talking about a new investigation of Clinton's emails was more than enough to tip the balance. But now look at the shift from 2012. The shift in the direction of the GOP was 7.7%. That is a huge shift over four years.
